Clothes stand



Jan'. 19, 1960 H. .1. MILLER ETAL 2,921,763

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CLOTHES STAND Filed Jan. 2, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1N ENIORJ i ZweewUnited States Patent O CLOTHES STAND Herman J. Miller, Kenosha, GeorgeA. Phillips, Milwaukee, and John J. Hebel, Cudahy, Wis., asslgnox's toWorldsbest Industries, Inc., Cudahy, Wis., a corporation of WisconsinApplication January 2, 1958, Serial No. 706,611

7 Claims. (Cl. 248-121) The invention relates to a clothes stand andmore particularly to a clothes stand that may be used to supporthangered garments or clothes that are to be or have been pressed orironed on an adjacent ironing board.

One object of this invention is to provide a collapsible metal clothesstand whose parts may be folded up to occupy a small space so as toeconomize on storage space and save in mailing and shipping expenses.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stand having spacedlegs to raise its main parts above the floor which allows ease insweeping under it and also provides additional height to keep thegarments oi the floor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes stand havingone long load resisting member or leg and a pair of legs mountedadjacent the standard carrying portion of said long leg and extendingoutwardly at an obtuse angle relative thereto and rearwardly of thecenter of the standard to give more stability and prevent the stand fromtipping over backwards.

A forward object of the invention is to provide slides or feet for thelegs that may be readily removed, if necessary.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stand in which thecenter post and legs are rigidly held in operative position by lockinghinges or links.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stand having atelescoping clothes beam carrying standard member that may be secured inposition at varying heights relative to the base.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hinged connectionbetween the upper end of the standard and the clothes supporting beam orarm which will insure a somewhat elevated position of the outer end ofsaid beam, even when loaded, and thus prevent hangered clothes fromsliding oil of the beam.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a stand embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view of the lower portion of the stand,parts being broken away;

Fig. 3 is an elevational View of the joint connection between thesupporting post and the clothes carrying beam, parts being broken awayand parts being shown in section;

Fig. 4 is a detailed side elevation of the post, parts being broken awayand parts being shown in section;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the collapsed stand;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the collapsed stand;

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of the stand and an ironing board;

Fig. 8 is a detailed horizontal sectional view taken on the line 8 8 ofFig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates 2,921,763 PatentedJan. 19, 1960 generally a telescoping standard or post which includes ametal tube 11 pivotally connected at its lower end by a pin 12 to thechannelled portion 13 of a base bracket or member 14. It also includes ametal tube 15 that is slidably telescopically mounted in the tube 11 andis adapted to be secured in a plurality of dierent Vertical positionsrelative thereto by a detent 16 mounted in the lower end portion of thetube 15 and engageable in any one of a plurality of Avertically spacedholes 17 in the tube 11. To permit ready centering of the detent 16relative to the holes 17, the holed area of the tube 11 has an outwardlypressed portion 11a that provides a longitudinally extending lcenteringgroove for the pin i7 and also acts to reinforce this area of the tube.The detent 16 extends through an aperture 18 in the tube 15 and isanchored to the short bowed end 19 of a at metal spring whose longer end20 engages the inner side of the tube 15.

The base bracket 14 and a companion base plate 21 are secured by spacedrivets 21a on opposite sides of and back from one end of a long U-shapedtubular metal leg member 22 having oor engaging feet 23, preferably inthe form of caps tting over the ends of the legs of said member andwhich may be of molded plastic material so that they will hug the legsand not mar the floor. The base bracket 14 and the base plate 21 areformed to provide oppositely disposed side Wings 24 in each of which apivot pin 25 is anchored.

Side legs 26, each in the form of an angled metal tube, are pivotallymounted at their inner ends on the pins 25 and are adapted to be swunginwardly against the long leg member 22 while the standard 10 is adaptedto swing down onto the top of said member 22 as indicated by the arrowsin Fig. 2 and as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The standard 10 is rigidly held in its upright position by a pair oflockable brace hinges. Each of these hinges includes a toggle link 27pivotally secured at one end by a rivet pin 27a to leg member 22, and atits other end by a pivot pin 28 to an intermediate portion of a togglelink 29 pivotally secured at its other end by a rivet pin 30 to the tube11. To lock these toggle links in an alined position, the link 26 has arecess 31 to receive a locking projection 32 formed on the outer endportion of the link 29. These hinges are arranged on opposite sides ofthe standard 10 and leg 22 so that the same pivots 27 and 30 are usedfor each set of links.

Each of the legs 26 are rigidly held in operative position extendingrearwardly at an obtuse angle relative to Athe leg 22 with their feet 33which `are similar to the feet 23 engaging the lloor laterally of andback of the axis of the standard by lockable pivotally connected togglelinks 34 and 35 that are similar to the links 27 and 29, respectively,and adapted to be locked together by a projection 36 on the link 35engaging a recess 37 in the link 34. The links are pivotally connectedtogether by a pin 34a. Each link 34 is pivotally connected to its leg byya rivet pin 38, and the links 35 are pivotally connected together andto the leg 22 by a rivet pin 39.

The links 27 and 29 when broken and folded together 'allow the standard10 to assume the position shown in Fig. 5, and the links 34 and 35 foreach leg when broken and folded together allow the legs 26 to assume thepositio'n shown in Fig. 6.

The beam, a metal tube 40 closed at its ends 40a and 44 and havingspaced hanger hook receiving indentations y42 pressed into its top side,at its inner end is operatively connected to the upper end of the tube15 by a pair of links 43, one on each side of said tubes 40 and 15, oneend of said links being pivotally connected to the tube 40 by `a commonrivet type pin 41 and the other end of the link being pivotallyconnected to the tube 15 by a cornmon rivet type pin 45. In order tosecurely hold the beam in its extended position relative to the standardand to reinforce the tube 15, a rivet 46 is mounted in the tube l5` andprovidedy with a headed end 47 which is adapted to enter aneccentrioally dispsed hole 47a in the closed end 40a of the tube 15andalso forni an abutment 48 for the lower strain receiving end of saidtube, this rivet distributing the strain over a considerable area of thetube and also holding the tube against any tendency for lateral play andthus relieving the links 43 of some' side strain and also holding thebeam in an upwardly incline-fl position as shown in Fig. l so that underheavy load strains the beam cannot sag down to a point where the hangersor hangered garments could slide oi of the front end ofthe beam. v

AWhen not in use, the tube Vis telescoped into the tube 11 and the beamor tube 4t) is swung up and over the tube 15 and down alongside the tube11 and is turned to allow its outer end to extendY over one of thefolded legs `26 as shown in Fig. 6 so that a very compact foldedformation, both widthwise and lengthwise, for packaging is provided. Y

In use, the stand above described lhas been shown in Fig. 7- positionedadjacent an ironing board 49 with its beam 40 having hangers 50 mountedthereon for the garments G. A hangered garment G is also shown in Fig.l.

Since the legs support the stand at four spaced points above the floor51, it is an easy matter to sweep around and under it, if desired.

Y With the above described construction the long lleg member 22extending under and in substantially thesame direction as the beamresists'strains imposed on the stanI ard tending to tip it forwardly,and the legs 26 provide further lateral stability to the standard.

We desire it to be understood that this invention is not to he limitedto any particular form or arrangement or" parts except in so far as suchlimitations are included in the claims. n

What we claim as our invention is: v

l. In a clothes stand, the combination of a pair of telescoping tubesforming a standard, a hanger receiving beam mounted to project laterallyof said standard, a base member to which the lower end of said standardis pivotally connected, a support for said base member cornprising. along leg member extending in substantially the same direction as saidbeam, a lockable hinged brace pivotally connected between said standardand said long leg member for selectively retaining said Astandard in annpright position, yand side legs each extending at an obtuse angle tosaid long leg member and being pivotally connected to said base member,lockable hinged braces pivotally connected between each of said sidelegs and said long leg for selectively holding said side legs in theirextended position, all of said legs having oor engaging feet, the longleg having a front foot at its outer end and a rear foot disposed inback of said standard.

2. The clothes stand, as dened in claim l, wherein the -body portions ofsaid legs are disposed well above the oor to provide sweeping clearanceunder them.

3. The clothes stand as defined in claim 1, wherein the outer of thetubes of the sandard is provided with a lengthwise extending detentcentering groove having a plurality of lengthwise spaced holes and theinner of said tubes is provided with a spring urged detent adapted forengagement in any one of said openings to `adjust the working height ofthe standard.

4. The clothes stand as defined in claim l, wherein the beam has a linkconnection with the upper end of the standard, and said upper end of thestandard has a headed rivet member adapted to engage in the linkconnected end of the beam and also engage an outer face of this end ofthe beam.

5. The clothes stand yas defined in claim l, wherein the mounting of thebeam on the standard includes link connections between these parts andan abutment member secured to the standard and providing a thrust facefor the adjacent end of the beam and a pin end engaging in aneccentrically disposed opening in the end of said beam and acting tohold said beam in an upwardly inclined position relative to saidstandard.

6. In a clothes stand, the combination of a pair of telescoping tubesforming a standard; a clothes hanger receiving beam mounted Vto projectlaterally of said standard; a support to which the lower end of saidstandard is pivotally connected, said support including a Yforwardlydirected leg extending in substantially the same direction as saidbeann'a collapsible brace pivotally connected between said standard andsaid support for selectivaly'retaining `said standard in an uprightposition; side legs each extending at an obtuse angle to said forwardlydirected leg and being pivotally connected to said support; collapsiblebraces pivotally joined between said side legs and said support; anddoor engaging feet attached to all of said legs and said support.

7. In a collapsible clothes stand, the combination of a telescopicallycollapsible standard; a long leg having a standard supporting bracketsecured to the upper side of said leg at one end thereof, said bracketincluding a channel which opens upwardly and is aligned with said legand lside wings extending laterally `at either side of said channel, thelower end of said standard being pivotally supported in said channel; aplate secured at the underside of said long leg beneath said bracket,said plate having extended sides spaced beneath said wings; side legsextending laterally at either side of said long leg, said side legs eachbeing pivotally connected between one of said wings and an extended sideof said plate; releasable retaining means adapted to retain each of saidside legs and said standard in its normal operative position, each ofsaid side legs and said standard being movable about its pivot forcollapsible folding alongside said long leg when said retaining meansare released; and a clothes hanger receiving beam pivotally connected atone end to the upper end of said standard and being collapsiblealongside said collapsed standard and an adjacent folded side leg.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,104,072 Carr Jan. 4, 1938 2,675,981 Ferris Apr. 20, 1954 2,677,518Happy et al. May 4, 1954 2,800,737 Crossan July 30, 1957

